Suspenders.



W. FREEMAN.

SUSPENDEBS.

APPLIOATION FILED rma. 2, 1907.

4 900,921 0 Pau-,exitedA Oct. 13, l908.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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WILLIAM FREEMAN, or NEW YORK, NYY.

SUSPENDERS. i

Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Oct. 13, 1908.

Application filed February 2, 1907. Serial No. 355,518.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FREEMAN, a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in Suspenders, the object of the invention being to provide an improved suspender of the type which attaches to the trousers over the hips only, and which are of extremely simple construction and cheap to manufacture, neat and attractive in appearance, comfortable to the wearer and capable of wide adjustment to flt any shape of body and which may be made wholly of inelastic material or partly of elastic and partly of inelastic material as may be desired to suit the demands of the trade. l

IVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,jFigl`1re l is a rear elevation illustrating my improvements. Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged detail views, and Figs. 4 and 5 are views showing the back member made in two pieces secured together where they are connected with the shoulder member or straps.

l, l, represent shoulder straps, which may comprise a single webbing or two webbings secured in a short upright back strap 2, having a metal loop 3 secured in a fold of the strap and a metal sleeve 4 is pivotally connected to the loop and made with flared ends to prevent wear on the cord or back member 5 located therein. The ends of cord 5 are secured in clamps 6 on vattaching devices which, in the present instance consist of metal tabs or ends 7, the latter adapted to be caught over buttons on the trousers and the shoulder straps l are passed through looped portions of the ends or tabs 7 and secured to adjusting slides 8 on the shoulder straps to adjust them to fit the body of the wearer.

9 represents a clamp, comprising a metal plate to which a clamping jaw 10 is hinged and adapted to 'clamp both members of cord 5 against :the plate, and by adjusting this clamp up or down on the cords, they may be adjusted to comfortably fit a body of any shape.

The back member may be made in a single piece as shown in Fig. l or it may be made in two pieces as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. In the construction shown in Fig. 4, the ends of two cords are secured in clamping sleeves ll on the metal loop 12 of the suspender back strap 13. In the construction shown in Fig. 5 I provide the suspender with narrow webs or straps stitched to the shoulder straps, eX- tending down the back of the wearer through a clamping slide 14 and then separating and extending to the suspender ends or tabs, where they are secured in clamps on said i ends or tabs.

A great many other slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence, I do not restrict myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and Scope of the appended claims.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is 1. In a suspender, the combination with a shoulder member, of a back member connecting the respective ends 'of the shoulder member and connected with the shoulder member between the ends of the latter, and an adjusting device on said back member between the connection of the latter with the end and ntermediate portions of the shoulder mem- 2. In a suspender, the combination with a shoulder member, of a back member connecting the rear portion of the shoulder member with the lower ends of the latter and fixed to said lower ends, means for adjusting the length of the shoulder member, and an adjusting device on the back member between the ends thereof.

3. In a suspender, the combination with a member having two shoulder portions, and a metal loop intermediate of said shoulder portions, of cords connecting said loop with the lower ends of said member, tabs or suspender ends at the lower, ends of said member, and an adjusting device connecting said cords.

4. Suspenders comprising a shoulder member, a back member connected -with the shoulder member intermediate the ends tlierel of, the ends of the back member fixed to the free ends of the shoulder member, attaching devices connected with the shoulder member 5 at the junetiures of the ends of the buck meinber with the latter, and means for adjusting the Shoulder member.

5. In a suspender, the Combination with :i

member having two shoulder portions, and

10 a loop intermediate said shoulder portions,

of cords connecting the loop n'itli tbe ends` et smid nieinber7 :ind :in adjusting clamping `slide on sziid cords.

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